Clinical considerations and sonographic findings of a large nonpedunculated primary cervical leiomyoma complicated by heavy vaginal haemorrhage: A case report and review of the literature

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 144-146

  Varras, M ^a,c   Hadjilira, P ^a   Polyzos, D ^a   Tsikini, A ^a   Akrivis, Ch ^b   Tsouroulas, M ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b G Gennimatas Gen State Hospital   (Greece)

^c Department of Obstetrics ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical fibroid; Cervical leiomyoma; Complications; Ultrasonography; Vaginal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEIOMYOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; URETHRA PRESSURE; UTERINE CERVIX LEIOMYOMA; UTERUS MYOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0038799754     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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